Is America slouching toward autocracy?
That's the Q I opened Sunday's @ReliableSources with. Almost every day there are new signs of democratic backsliding, new warnings from political scientists. Alarm bells are ringing for all to hear, like Trump mocking @AliVelshi's injury
Gloating about a reporter being hit by a rubber bullet is autocratic, not democratic. We all know this, don't we? cnn.com/videos/busines…
A segment of the U.S. population, a minority, has long held authoritarian leanings. E.g.: Polls showing a preference for a strongman leader to provide protection. Trump has enlivened that segment. E.g.: Rallygoers cheered when Trump told the Velshi story.
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Do folks watching in other parts of the world see these autocratic antics more clearly than those of us in the USA? I asked @lukeharding1968, @RanaAyyub and @johnallannamu to weigh in
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"It's very Orwellian, how authoritarianism starts to establish itself. This is exactly how it happens: You establish your own set of facts. You demonize people who have an opposing view and start to divide people into different sections or sub-communities" –@johnallannamu
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